Comments on: Google Can Now Buy & Sell Energy, What Next?

By: The Real Reason Google is Buying Wind Power

The Real Reason Google is Buying Wind Power — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:05:20 +0000

[...] plans for Google Energy — a subsidiary that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved in February to be able to buy and sell energy on the whole sale markets — largely has to do with [...]

By: Google Buys Wind Power, First Deal for “Google Energy”

Google Buys Wind Power, First Deal for “Google Energy” — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:52:14 +0000

[...] Comments Here’s the first deal from “Google Energy,” Google’s subsidiary that raised a lot of eyebrows earlier this year when it was approved to buy and sell electricity on [...]

By: Haber

Haber — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:02:39 +0000

Goggle that does everything you want...

By: Joel Rossetti

Joel Rossetti — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:57:08 +0000

Google could produce electricity. Use spent nuclear fuel (SNF) as a power source. The hardware that would produce steam to run turbines can be hauled around on rail cars. Hook up the hardware to produce steam to existing coal fired electrical generation plants. Use their steam power turbines and electrical grids and power lines. And Google is in business. NRC has already approved Breeder Reactors for this operation.

By: Google Makes First Direct Investment Into Clean Power Project

Google Makes First Direct Investment Into Clean Power Project — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:22:18 +0000

[...] into the energy world as of late. In February the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Google’s application to buy and sell electricity on federally regulated wholesale markets. Google also has its energy [...]

By: Innovating to Reduce Energy Consumption of Computing | News@KRK

Innovating to Reduce Energy Consumption of Computing | News@KRK — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:21:14 +0000

[...] that the search giant has applied for permission to buy and sell power on the public market from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a move designed to help it support renewable energy [...]

By: FlipaCoin

FlipaCoin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:33:04 +0000

This has much potential for good as it does evil. Information is power and who is better at data mining than Google. This can be a good thing unless the information gets in the hands of people, groups, radicals, governments etc that have access to “confidential” information that they can use to push whatever agenda they want. I don’t think Google wants to take over the world but like it or not they are involved in the social and political arena. Take the China censoring conflict they are in. Look at what they are involved in with our own government. Read this article and think about the influence good or bad that Google good have on the events in history. http://www.nolanchart.com/article6227.html

Would it bother you if you owned a company that competed against Google in the energy market? Is it possible Google would have an advantage by censoring or just making it difficult to find any information about their competition yet much easier for people to learn about all of the good things that Google does? I know, I know, they will make a law that will not allow Google’s technology division be fair and not do any that would be “unfair” to their competition.

Does anyone really believe think it was an accident or coincidence that 3 presidential candidates’ supporters were profiled and deemed potential domestic terrorists? Where did they get the information that used to profile them? You guessed it. Anyone ever Google Search any of these candidates? Well guess what.

The controversial Missouri report that profiled supporters of Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin as potential terrorists has been repudiated and withdrawn.

Take the power of information combined with the essential individual, city, county, state, country demand for energy. The potential for great good exists but is it worth the risk considering the potential for even greater evil? Take the devastating effect of an unrelated Madoff scandal and game over if this good intent is used for the benefit of a few.

By: Why Google and Grid Net Should Team Up On the Smart Grid

Why Google and Grid Net Should Team Up On the Smart Grid — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:05:46 +0000

[...] smart meter software and backend utility systems. And if Google ever had any intentions for its recently-approved ability to buy and sell energy (beyond its carbon footprint claims) it would reasonable for the search engine giant to test out [...]

By: Marketplace

Marketplace — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:10:08 +0000

Hi,

I found this post from my google News Reader, Fantastic post, Keep it up.

Mike

By: Visual

Visual — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:54:58 +0000

No company is in a better position to aggregate small customers for collaborate power purchasing than Google.